ab18n

Minimal i18n library for React and JavaScript

Install

yarn add ab18n # or npm install --save ab18n

Run examples

• Run yarn or npm install inside both the root and example folder and link.

• Run lib build in root folder:

  yarn start

• Run React app inside ./examples:

  cd examples
  yarn start

Basic (non-reactive) usage

You can readily use ab18n via the transform functions, t, c and n, all of which work similarly to other i18n libraries. You need only to provide ab18n with a list of available locales and set the locale:

import * as ab18n from 'ab18n'

const { t, c, n } = ab18n

ab18n.config({
  'br': {
    locale: 'pt-BR',
    country: 'br',
    currency: 'BRL',
    dictionary: {
      group: {
        key: 'Valor'
      }
    }
  }
})

ab18n.set('pt-BR')

console.log(t('group.key')) // => 'Valor'
console.log(c(10.2)) // => R$ 10,20
console.log(n('R$ 10,20')) // => 10.2

Also available is a function to register a callback for locale changes:

ab18n.onLocaleChange(data => {
  // ex.: set moment locale
})

Usage with React

There are a couple of ways to have your React app, well react to locale changes. There is a LocaleProvider and a couple of options to connect it to other components down the tree, a HOC and a render prop-based component:

import { LocaleProvider, translate, Translate, t } from 'ab18n'

const Child = () => <h1>{ t('term1.term2') }</h1>

// HOC, can be used as a decorator
const DecoratedChild = translate(Child)

const App = () => (
  <LocaleProvider>
    <div>
      <DecoratedChild />
      <Translate render={Child} />
    </div>
  </LocaleProvider>
)

Keep in mind that, if your app makes heavy usage of external (API), already translated data, this reactiveness may not be necessary or even desired, since you'd need to re-request all of that data.

License

MIT © abdielbrilhante